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Specification of Letters Patent No. 3,075, dated May 8, 18434.

To all whom t may concern j Y Be it known thatl I, AIIANDER N. VJIJCOX,of Ballston Spa, county of Saratoga, and State of New York, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Spinning l/Vool, Flax, Cotton,or Silk, which I denominate the Independent Spinner and I do herebydeclare that the following is a full, clear, and exact descriptionthereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which made apartY of this specification, in which- Figure l, is a perspective viewof the whole machine, showing the front of it.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing thev back. Figs. 3, 4, 5 and G arefront, side, and back views of the revolving drawing head and the leverE detached.

The Vnature of my invention consists in constructing a spinning machinewith vthe front rollers so arranged that they will revolve around acommon center and at the same time turn on their own axes so as to drawforward the material to be spun and adjust the proper twist for thearticle to be manufactured, the proportionable relative motions of oneto the other being adjustable as hereafter described.

The frame of my spinner is of the common construction of cap spinnerswhich I use in converting the fiber into yarn, in conjunction with myimprovements. The driving cylinder l, has its bearings on the backuprights of the frame; on one of the journals of this cylinder outsideof the frame the fast and loose pulleys I, Fig. 2, which connect it withthe prime mover are aiixed there is a double pulley (1st) one part ofwhich is of larger diameter than the other. Over this pulley a belt IIpasses which connects it with a similar pulley III on the outer end ofthe journal of a cylinder 3, the bear-V ings of which are in the frontuprights near the floor; on the journal at the opposite end of thiscylinder outside the frame a pulley 8d is aflixed connecting by means ofan endless belt V, with a pulley VI which is on a cylinder 6, at the topof the front uprights. Over this cylinder there are two parallel bars,on a level with each other which form the bearings of the drawing headsnow to be described and which are more clearly represented in theenlarged Figs. 3, 4, 5 and 6. On the front end of a tube A which extendsover the bars above named there are two is thinner than the other halfleaving al shoulder on their inner faces, which is represented in Fig.3, the thickest part of the plates have a fluted roller C, betweenthemat right angles to the tube A the periphery of which is on-a line withthe axis lof the tube, the ournals of this roller pass through theplates (a) and are denoted by letter (c) one of these journals bears onits end, a beveled pinion C, of a proper diameter for the motionrequired. Between the thin parts of the plates (a) there is a lever Eput which is as broad as the space between the plates (a side View ofthis lever is shown detached at Fig. 6) the front part of the lever isforked to admit a roller D the journal being marked (e), there is alittle projection on the lever backward on a level with the roller (theother part standing at an angle of about 45o) through which a fulcrum(e) passes; at the upper end of the lever which projects beyond theplates a stud stands out on one side, against which a spring F attachedto the outside of one of the plates, presses, and holds the roller Dagainst the roller G, near the back end oftube A a pulley A, is affixedby which it is turned, being connected by an endless band IV with thecylinder 3, above described between the pulley A, and the plates (a)this tube is inclosed in another tube B, on thefront end of which thereis a bevel pinion (Z9) which meshes into thepinion C on one of the drawrollers: just behind this pinion there is a pulley B connected with thecylinder 6, the relative proportion of these cylinders, pulleys, andpinions, must correspond to the purpose to which they are applied.Around the cylinder 3 L band X passes, which extends back hormomallynearly to the uprights behind it then turns at right angles round twofriction pulleys (one of which is shown at XI Fig. 2, and over a pulleyXII that is outside the frame; this pulley is attached to a conical drum12, from which an endless band XIII extends up around another cone nearthe top of the machine of similar dimensions the base of which is turnedthe Vreverse of that below; on this upper cone over the pulley XII thereis an endless screw or worm wheel 14 which rests. The endless band XIIIis made to shift from end to end of the cones around which it passes, bymeans of a shipper, moved by a screw which runs through it and extendsfrom front to back of the machine, parallel with the cones, and abouthalfway between them the shipper slides on a rod along side the screwthat prevents it from turning.

lVhen the roping is unwound from the spool G it passes between thedrawing rollers 17, 19, XX, of the usual construction; these are movedby gearing connected with cylin der the roping then runs through thetube A, between the draw rollers D, C, and Y from thence down to the capspinner above named. It will be perceived by the arrangement of partsabove described that the cones 12 and XIV and band XIII regulate thetwist of the yarn; the stretch is governed by and the pinions (c and 6,)with the drawing rollers in the'revolving drawing head conv structed andarranged substantially as herein set forth.

2. I also claim `the combination of the lever E, which holds the rollerD, and spring y F, with the revolving tube A varranged and constructedin the manner and for the pur-Y pose above described.

AMANDER N, wiLooX. l

I/Vitnesses:

DAVID MAXWELL, GEO. G. SCOTT.

